Congress expels former Maharashtra minister Satish Chaturvedi

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PTI

February 23, 2018

UPDATED: February 23, 2018 17:45 IST

Nagpur, Feb 23 (PTI)ï¿½The Maharashtra unit of Congress has expelled senior leader and former state minister Satish Chaturvedi from the party for "promoting" rebel candidates during the last years Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections.

The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), in a letter to Chaturvedi yesterday, said it had received complaints alleging that he supported rebel Congress leaders to defeat the partys official candidates in the civic polls.

A show-cause notice was issued to him but he didnt reply, said the letter.

Subsequently, the president of Nagpur District Congress Committee conducted an inquiry and "the report findings confirmed your involvement in promoting rebel Congress candidates" which led to the defeat of party-nominated candidates, the MPCC said.

"Hence, action is being taken against you," it said.

Chaturvedi couldnt be contacted for a reaction. PTI CLS KRK

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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